Science in the Classroom is a collection of annotated research papers and accompanying teaching materials designed to help students understand the structure and workings of professional scientific research.

Vote for the Scientific Breakthrough of 2017

Voting is now open for Science's 2017 Breakthrough of the Year. In addition to the journal's editors and writers selecting their top science story of the past year, as they have for the past two decades, for the fourth year in a row, they also invite readers to weigh in with their choice. [Editor's Note (12/4/17): The finalists have been chosen and you can vote for the winner.]

Twelve of the most momentous scientific discoveries, developments, or trends of 2017 are listed as semi-finalists:

Vote for your top choice for the most momentous scientific development, discovery, or trend of 2017. Educators could ask a student or two to each make the case for one of the semi-finalists and could then submit a single vote from the class as a whole, or they could ask each student to cast their own vote and to offer support for their choice.

Voting for this first round runs through midnight on December 3. A second round of voting beginning December 4 will narrow down four finalists to a single People's Choice winner. Both this selection and the editors' pick will be announced in the final 2017 issue of the magazine on December 21.